Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

Jan 17 2014 N/A 1h 30m
Documentary, Family, History

The film explores the role of photography, since its rudimentary beginnings in the 1840s, in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. The dramatic arch is developed as a visual narrative that flows through the past 160 years to reveal black photography as an instrument for social change, an African American point-of-view on American history, and a particularized aesthetic vision.

Official Trailer
Plot

A film that explores how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. This epic tale poetically moves between the present and the past, through contemporary photographers and artists whose images and stories seek to reconcile legacies of pride and shame while giving voice to images long suppressed, forgotten, and hidden from sight.

Written by

Thomas Allen Harris, Paul Carter Harrison, Don Perry

Directed by

Thomas Allen Harris

Cast

Arthé Anthony, Anthony Barboza, Hugh Bell

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

K Period Media

Languages

English

Awards

5 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers
THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE - Official Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
194
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
64
Popularity
NA